This adds a Shazam Music Recognition shortcut to your Control Center. The short will also be moved to the Included Controls section of the setting. From there, tap and hold the three-line handle for Music Recognition to move it and arrange its placement in the Control Center.

1. The Shazam music recognition control will now be added to your control center. To check the same, swipe up from the bottom (or swipe down from the upper-right corner in case of newer iPhones) to open Control Center and click the Shazam icon. Shazam will then listen to the music playing around you and identify it within seconds.
2. The Shazam button is now active and will be moved to the 'Included Controls' section. Press and hold the three-line button to rearrange it place of the “Music Recognition” button in the Control Center. Use the Shazam music recognition button on iPhone and iPad.
3. The new feature enables direct access to Shazam from the iOS Control Center, keeping the music recognition tool handy at all times. When activated, Shazam will listen for music playing in the.

Apple made quite a number of updates to its iPhone operating system when it released version 14. Some of these included redesigned widgets on the Home Screen, improved user transparency and control, improvements to groups and Memoji, and more. Another notable feature is the ability to use Shazam on your iPhone without a third-party app.

Recall that, in 2018, Apple acquired the music recognition app, Shazam, in a $400 Million deal. The app has remained standalone ever since (and it still is). With iOS 14, however, Apple integrated Shazam’s core product into the iPhone. This doesn’t stop Shazam from being a standalone app.

In this post, we’ll be taking you through how to activate and use Shazam on your iPhone. After activation, you’d be able to recognize music and use the app from your iPhone’s control center. However, to do this, your iPhone needs to be updated to iOS 14.2 or a later version. Read through and follow the steps.

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Activate and Use Shazam on iPhone

Please follow the steps below to activate Shazam on your iPhone without downloading the standalone app. This “activation” process will add the Shazam feature to your Control Center for easy access.

• Open the iPhone Settings app.
• Scroll and tap on the Control Center option.

• Find the Music Recognition option (it has the Shazam logo) and tap on the plus (+) icon.

Shazam Control Center History

• This adds the Shazam feature to your control center.

Follow the steps below to use Shazam for Music Recognition:

• Open your iPhone’s Control Center.
• Tap on the Shazam logo and make sure the music you want to recognize is playing in the background.
• It’ll show you a push notification with the name of the music.

That’s all you need to know about activating and using Shazam on your iPhone. It’s quite an easy and straightforward process.

Do let us know in the comments section if you need any help or have questions. We’re happy to help out.

Shazam identifies a song by creating a unique digital fingerprint to match what you’re hearing with one of the millions of songs in the Shazam database.

Use the Shazam app

If you have the Shazam app installed on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, you can use the app to identify music and save them to your library.

1. Open the Shazam app on your device.
   
2. Tap or click the Shazam button to identify what’s playing around you.

When Shazam identifies the song, it’s saved in My Music, along with all your other previous Shazams.

After you identify a song, you can connect to Apple Music and other music services to listen to your Shazam.

If you don’t have an internet connection, the app still creates a unique digital fingerprint to match against the Shazam database the next time your device is connected to the internet. If a song can’t be identified, it will disappear from your pending Shazams.

Use Auto Shazam

To have Shazam automatically identify what’s playing around you, touch and hold (or double-click on Mac) the Shazam button . When Auto Shazam is on, Shazam matches what you’re hearing with songs in the Shazam database—even when you switch to another app. Shazam never saves or stores what it hears.

You can then find the Shazams identified with Auto Shazam in My Music, grouped together by date.

To turn off Auto Shazam, tap or click the Shazam button.

Use Shazam in Control Center on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

You can Shazam songs right from Control Center on your iPhone or on your iPad.* To add Shazam to Control Center, go to Settings > Control Center, then tap the Add button next to Music Recognition.

To identify songs from Control Center, tap the Shazam button to identify what's currently playing on your device or around you. Shazam can identify songs playing on your device even if you're using headphones.

* Requires iOS or iPad OS 14.2 or later.

More ways to identify music

• On iPhone or iPad, say “Hey Siri,” then ask what the song is.
• On iPhone or iPad, add the Shazam widget to identify music in the Today View.
• Use Shazam on your Apple Watch to Shazam tracks.
• To identify music from the menu bar of your Mac, get Shazam for Mac from the Mac App Store.
• On HomePod, say “Hey Siri, Shazam this song.”
• Use the Shazam It action to add music recognition to your Shortcuts.

See your previous Shazams

You can see your previous Shazams in the Shazam app on your device and online when you create a Shazam account.

• On iPhone or iPad, swipe up on the main Shazam screen to access My Music.
• On Mac, recent Shazams appear below the Shazam button.
• On Apple Watch, recent Shazams appear below the Shazam button, and are also saved to My Music on the paired iPhone.
• To access your Shazams on your other Apple devices and online at shazam.com/myshazam, you can save your Shazams in iCloud. This also ensures that you won't lose your Shazams if something happens to your device.

Change your settings

In the Shazam app, swipe up to My Music from the main Shazam screen, then tap the Settings button to adjust Shazam settings:

• Control Notifications from Shazam.
• To have Shazam automatically start listening when the app is opened, turn on “Shazam on app start.”
• Use iCloud to back up your Shazams.

Microphone settings on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Shazam needs access to the microphone on your device to hear what you're listening to. On iPhone or iPad, open Settings, scroll down to the installed apps and tap Shazam, then turn on Microphone. If you don’t see an option for Microphone, you might have restrictions turned on for Privacy settings.

Get help

Learn more

Enable Shazam In Control Center

• Use Shazam on Android devices.
• You can create a Shazam account to keep track of all your Shazams and view them on www.shazam.com/myshazam.
• In addition to Apple Music, you can connect Shazam to other services like Snapchat and Spotify.
• Learn about Shazam's Terms & Conditions.
• Learn about Shazam and privacy.